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Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Current price:
$19.00
Publication Date: June 28th, 2016
Publisher:
Anchor
ISBN:
9780345804846
Pages:
400
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Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by a profound experience swimming with wild dolphins off the coast of Maui, the bestselling author of The Wave set out on a quest to learn everything she could about dolphins—the other intelligent life on the planet.
“Part science, part memoir, part impassioned plea for change.” —People
Susan Casey’s journey takes her from a community in Hawaii known as “Dolphinville,” where the animals are seen as the key to spiritual enlightenment, to the dark side of the human-cetacean relationship at marine parks and dolphin-hunting grounds in Japan and the Solomon Islands, to the island of Crete, where the Minoan civilization lived in harmony with dolphins, providing a millennia-old example of a more enlightened coexistence with the natural world.
Along the way, Casey recounts the history of dolphin research and introduces us to the leading marine scientists and activists who have made it their life’s work to increase humans’ understanding and appreciation of the wonder of dolphins.
Praise for Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
“Part science, part memoir, part impassioned plea for change, [Voices in the Ocean] fascinates.” ―People
“Painstakingly researched and gorgeously written.... Casey transports us through the many truths and myths about dolphins.” —USA Today
“Casey skillfully weaves global adventure travelogues, first-person reportage and deep archival research. She exhibits a flair for peppering her tales with complex scientific concepts but keeps them accessible for consumption by a broader audience without losing the narrative arc or momentum.” —The Miami Herald
“A meticulously reported global odyssey.... [Casey] has an inexhaustible curiosity and a knack for fully embracing her subject.” —Outside Magazine
“A reminder of the unique and complicated bond humans feel with these animals.... Casey's moving writing left me with some hope for a better future for dolphins and humans.”
—Mary Bates, Slate
“What starts out as a feel-good, new-agey account darkens like the sunlight diminishing in the deep, subtly turning into a devastating chronicle of one of the most egregious mismatches in natural-human history. The result is a brilliantly written and passionate book.... timely and urgent.”
—The Guardian (London)
“A passionate and richly readable account of dolphins—their world, their behaviors, and the humans whose lives revolve around studying them.... Fascinating and cautiously joyous . . . a book any lover of nature should read.”
—Open Letters Monthly
“[A] blend of mystic wonder with scientific awe and downright dangerous environmental confrontations.”
—InStyle
“[Casey] embarks an investigation into the world of dolphins, impressing the reader with her curiosity and thrilling sense of discovery as she travels the world to learn about these unique creatures.”
—Publishers Weekly
